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Zombo
Zombo

Reputation: 1

An update for template pack is available

Every time I run this command now:

dotnet new console -o a

I get this:

An update for template pack Microsoft.DotNet.Common.ProjectTemplates.5.0::5.0.0
   is available.
install command: dotnet new -i Microsoft.DotNet.Common.ProjectTemplates.5.0::5.0.1

I don't want DotNet checking for updates, ever, and certainly not "patch" level updates. How do I disable this? I tried $env:DOTNET_CLI_TELEMETRY_OPTOUT = 1, but it doesn't seem to change the update behavior.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 229

Answers (1)

omajid
omajid

Reputation: 15223

Just to clarify, this isn't .NET checking for updates to .NET itself, it's checking for updates to the templates. Having stale templates could have a security implication if a template generates code that's vulnerable.

But your concern stands: it's making network connections to machines not under your control and sending data that you might consider private.

I am looking at the source code that implements this check and there doesn't appear to be a way to configure this at this time.

The error message is printed by TemplateInvocationAndAcquisitionCoordination.DisplayUpdateMessage. Neither that file, nor the actual checker in TemplateUpdateChecker seem to have a way to configure this check.

I think you should file a bug against dotnet/templating repo requesting this.

Upvotes: 3

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